The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29


original grant WAS destroyed by fire. And
Why.
1t seemed there was a limit to Miss Car
mems initiative talent. Admirable as it was,
it dill not reach to the reproduction of that
official seal, which would have been n ncces-
sary appendage to tn governors grant. But
there We're letters written ON stamped paper
by Governor MicheItorena to himself, Gar
cia, and to Miguel, ami In Miguers father, all
of which We're duly signed by the sign manual
and rubric of Mrs. Governor Micheltorena
Carmen de Haro. And then there was
'parol" evidence, and plenty of it; witnesses
who remembered everything about it
namely, Manuel, Miguel and the all-recolect-
ing De Haro; here were details, poetical and
suggestive; AMI Dame Quicklyish, as when
his iate excellency, sitting not by a sea-coal
fire" but with aguar,lientc and cigarros, had
sworn to him, the cx-ecclesiastical Miguel.
that he should grant, and had granted,
Garcia's request. There We're clouds
OF witnesses, conversations, letters and
records glib and pat to the &C
cilsion. In brief, there was nothing
yanted but the seal of his excellency. The only
copy of that was in the possession of rival
school of renaissant art and the restoration of
antiques, then doing business before the land
commission.
And Yet the claim was rejected Having
lately recommended two separate claimants
go patent for the same land the land com
mission became cautious AMI conservative.
Roscommon was at first astounded, then
indignant, and then warliSe-he was for All
"appale to onstI'
With the readers previous knowledge of
Roscommon's disposition this may seem
somewhat inconsistent, but there are certain
natures to whom litigation has all the excite
ment of gambling, and it should be borne in
mind that this was his first lawsuit. So that
his lawyer, MIR. Saponaceous Wood, found
him in that belligerent mood TO which coun-
sci are obliged to hypocritically bring all the
sophistries of their profession. "Of course you
have your right to an appeal, but calm your
self, my dear sir, and consider. The case was
presented strongly, the evidence overwhelm-
ing ON our side, but we happened to be fight
ing previous decisions of the land commission
that had brought them into trouble; SO that
If Micheltorena hal himself appeared in
court and testified to his giving you the
grant, it would have made no difference-no
Spanish grant had show then, nor will il
have for the next SIX months. You See my
dear sir, the government sent out one of its
big Washington lawyers to look into this
business, and he reported frauds, sir, frauds,
in u majority of the Spanish claims And
why, sire why. He was bought, sir, bought
body and soul-by the ringl"
And fwhot's the ringf" asked his ellen,
sharply.
The ring is-ahem. a combination of un
principled but wealthy persons to defeat the
ends of Justice
And sure, fwhot's the ring to 90 wild me
grant as that thaving Mexican gave me a,
the collatherals for the board he was OWN
me. Eli, mind that now.-
The ring, my dear sir, is the ether side.
1t is-ahem, always the other side
And why the divel haven't we a ring. too
And amt payin' ye five hundred dollars
and the divel of ring We have, at all, at all
Fwhot am payin' We fur, chr
That a judicious expenditure of money,
began Mr. Wood, ''outside of actual disburse
ments, may not be of infinite service to you
1 am not prepared to deny-but-r
Look We, Mr.. Sappy Wood, it's the .appale
want, and the grant I'll have, more betoker
as the old woman's har-rut and me own Is sci
on 1t entoirely. Get me the land and I'll give
We the half of it-and it's a bary.aini,
But, my dear sir, there are some miles in
our profession-technicaI though they NAV
be-"
The divcl fly away wild yer profession.
Sure Is 1t better nor me own, II I've risked